Hatrack



Dec. 17, 1929. o. w. ECKSTEIN v1 3 HATRACK Filed Sept. 22, 192

I INVEN TOR. O. W. fC/ffiTf/N.

BY lush I ATTORNEY.

Patented Dec. 17, 1929 UNITED STATS OLIVER w. EGKSTEIN, or oILrmLn, CALIFORNIA HATRACK Application filed September 22, 1928. Serial No. 307,655.

My invention relates to article supporting devices, and more particularly to devices for supporting hats on the top of an automob1le.

It accordingly is an object of my invention to provide a novel form of article supporting device in which a loop, preferably formed of wire, is adapted to be anchored to the top of an automobile by means of a pair of anchoring plates, said loop being preferably hinged to a pair of projections extending from said plates, spring means being also provided to engage said projections and the ends of said loop to resist the movement of said loop so that an article such as a hat, may

be held between said loop and the top of the automobile.

It is also within the province of my invention to provide my novel form of article supporting device with an adjusting means so that hats or articles of different sizes may be supported. The above and further objects and advantages of my invention, as will hereinafter more fully appear, I attain by the construction described in the specification and illustrated on thedrawings forming a part of my application.

Reference is had to the accompanylng drawings, in which similar reference characters denote similar parts. In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of an automobile showing one form of my invention in position on the top thereof with out the hat, I Fig. 2 is a fragmentary side elevational and part sectional view of Fig. 1, drawn on a somewhat larger scale, but showing the hat in position, Fig. 3 is a perspective view of my invention removed from the automobile,

Fig. 4 is an enlarged top plan view of a modified form of my invention,

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of Fig. 4, Fig. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional View taken on the line 66, Fig. 4,

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary enlarged detail view of one of the anchoring plates or devices and spring bearing prbjections, showing how the springs are associated therewith. and

vided, the ends of said bar being hinged as Fig. 8 is'a view taken at right angles to Fig. 7 v

Describing my invention more in detail, I preferably associate the device with the top 2 of the automobile 4, said device being anchored to one of the cross-bars16 of said, top, although, of course, said device may bepositioned' in any other suitable place. i

For this purpose, the devices 8 are provided, which devices maybe in the form of plates 10, provided with perforations 12 to receive suitable fasteners, whereby said plates may be secured to the crossbar 6, each of said plates being provided with bent over portions 14, which portions are also perforated to receive the projections 16, preferably in the form of a headed bolt, extending outwardly from said portions, and having a 'kerfed end 18 (Figs. 7 and 8) for receiving and anchoring one end of the spring 20, preferably coiled about said projections, the other end 2 of said springs engaging the ends 2270f the loop 24 adapted to support the hat 26, as seen in Figs. 1 and 2. The ends 22 of the loop 24 are hinged to the projections 16 by means of the looped ends 28 so that when they loop 24 is pulled down against the tension of ,the springs 20and the hat 26 inserted therein, said loop will fly back to the position shown in Fig. 2.

To accommodate hats or other articles of different sizes, a cross-bar 30, extending across the loop 24 (Figs. 4 and 6) may be proat 32, in the form of an eye or other suitable means, to the sleeves 34 slidable on the loop 24. By adjusting the bar 30 along the length of the loop 24, the size of the opening in the loop may be adjusted. The bar 30 may, of course, be omitted, as desired.

While I have thus described my invention with great particularity, it will be clear that the same may be modified throughout a wide range. I accordingly do not propose to be limited to the exact details of construction shown and described, but reserve the right in practice to make any and all modifications thereof that fall within the scope of the appended claims. we

I claim as my invention:

1. An automobile hat rack adapted to be positioned on the top of an automobile comprising a pair of anchoring devices adapted to be secured to said top, a kerfed projection extending outwardly from each of said devices, a hat bearing loop having its ends hinged to sai-d'l projectiongand aYspring surrounding each of said projections, one end of each of said springs engaging saidkerf and the other end engagingsai'dloop,

2. An automobile hat rack including a pa r of bent over anchoring devices for securing said rack to the top of an automobil a spring supporting pro ection extending through a perforation in each of thebent over portions of said devices, a hat bearing loop havingits endshinge d to said devices, and aspring'eng g s ash ri e pr ie fi n an hends ofsai d. 100p; r v l n, article rhc dingrac da te s; P9: cialuse; in connection ,with the top ofan au; tomobile comprising la pair of anchoring plates secured to said top, a pair of p rojec ,7 tio'nsextendingjfromsaidplates,an article s pppr i g 0p" hinged" to, said. pr je tions, a spring connected witheachy end of said 9p n i P QiQ tiQ s, n mte' i inged to said'loop foradjustingthe opening ,formed by said loop sogai ticles ofdifferent sizes may be supported,

1 naiicleof h s d s bedmWei of n a yv r d n lar upper s plates, an outwardly extending prbj ctionj connected to ea'ch o f said plates, loop, having its endsloopedjabout said projections,

and apair ofsprings for resisting,the.moves ment of said loop, each of ,said springslhav: ing oneiend looped about one end ofksaid p, nd i a her i iqr d i id pr files:

tions.

In ,testimony WhereQf I, have 1 signed ,my

name to this specification,

OLIVER ECKSTEIN; 

